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- Subject: Re: gawk etc
- From: Gavin Wraith <gavin@...>
- Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:34:30 GMT
In message <3DC8AB4F-3D2B-433A-B731-D8191A985F8F@pobox.com> you wrote:
> On 8 Feb 2008, at 14:03, steve donovan wrote:
>
> > (g)awk is a lovely language. Look at those old books by Jon Bentley
> > and
> > you'll see the oldtimers prototyping things in AWK. Was probably the
> > first scripting language, apart from BASIC and shell ;)
Awk is what I used to use until I discovered Lua. Awk, too, is a language
that elicits affection, despite its shortcomings. See
http://www.wra1th.plus.com/awk/awkfri.txt
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Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com)
Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/
